Watch out Shoreditch, we're coming to visit

Lock up your daughters, hide your sons and take in the milk bottles because, for one night only, we at What On Earth and Simply Nectar are hitting the town and letting our hair down – apart from Jeremy as he sadly doesn’t have much hair to let down.  Perhaps we’ll get the boot polish out for him instead so he can go out looking all shiny and new...!

North London will be our playground, pizza will be our food of choice and beer/wine/cider (the list could continue!) will be our tipple. I’m sure the vodka will make an appearance too – Marta!! Not too many drinks though because we’ve heard that the venue we’re dining in has no toilets. Yes, you did read that right!

Thankfully the next stop WILL have bathrooms and we will enjoy as many drinks as the bosses will pay for.  Come on Rolf, time to rid your wallet of all those moths.

So, where are these mysterious toilet free digs that we’re gracing with our presence tonight then?

Answer - We're visiting a funky little pop up place not far from Brick Lane. It’s full of pizza, cake, coffee and tea, and perhaps even some stories. Yes, that last bit was a massive clue.  Why?  Because it’s called Storybox (also known as Story Deli) but is set in the old Scooter Shop, hence the reason it has ‘Scooter Shop’ and the word ‘Vespa’ emblazoned on the cafe fascia.  Sorry, just thought I'd spell that bit out!

 

Storybox itself (courtesy of www.storydeli.com)

 
The cosy little shack serves up amazing pizzas, sumptuous salad, perfect garlic bread and a selection of tasty cakes.  All the food is 100 per cent organic too so it’s just up our street.  Not literally of course, as we are based in Battersea and Storybox is up in Shoreditch.  Ok, you get the picture!
 
I’ve just looked at the menu and boy am I excited. The general consensus in the office is exactly the same too. WE CAN’T WAIT.  Spirits are high and everybody is gearing up for a night of fun.  When the clock struck 3pm, the countdown started.

Inside the Storybox den (www.storydeli.com)

 
If anybody wants to join us, come on over and say hello. No promises we’ll be paying for your night though!  Also, don’t forget to look for scooters, not pizzas, although I’m sure the delicious smell will lead you and your noses to the right address.  The raucous behaviour you'll be able to hear a few miles away may give it away too.
 
Come back next week to see photos of our night...let’s hope we all get home in one piece!

Peace, love and lots of lovely Storybox pizza.

What On Earth

What On Earth Needs You

What On Earth is expanding.  Hurrah!  And to do so properly, WE NEED YOU.

Uncle George

We have two positions available so need some new recruits to fill them.  The first vacant role is Night Logistics/Warehouse Assistant Manager and the second is Office Manager.  If you’re interested in becoming a What On Earthling and feel you are suitable for the available positions then please get in touch. You can send your CV and covering letter to our friendly HR Administrator Marta - marta@whatonearth.co.uk.

Marta is putting her foot down on one point though – emails without a covering letter will not be taken into account.  Please take note of this as you don't want to see Marta angry (although she's not very good at it really - she's a bit too nice!)

Angry Marta

Night Logistics/Warehouse Assistant Manager

Pay: £19,500 per annum

Description:

What On Earth is a rapidly growing organic manufacturing/wholesale/distribution company based in central London. We operate 24/7 and are looking for a Night Logistics/Warehouse Assistant Manager to join our team.

The role is very hands on and will involve multi-drop deliveries as well as the supervision of picking and delivery staff at base. The hours are 11pm – 7am, Thursday to Monday, including weekends.

The main activities are to coordinate, control and monitor the warehouse and transport night operations, according to company needs. You will act as a first point of contact to night drivers and warehouse operatives.

Personal attributes:
You need to be an independent individual who can work under pressure. You must have the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in different situations. Cultural awareness and the ability to work in different cultural environments are also required.

Experience in warehouse and distribution is essential, as is having a forklift licence and ECC/UK clean driving licence. Having knowledge of good warehousing practice and topography of London is advantageous.

This is a position for an established supervisor who wants to progress and earn ranks within warehousing and distribution. We are looking for a hard working, responsible genius that does not mind working nights and weekends.

Office Manager

Pay: £18,000 per annum, reviewed after a three month probationary period.

Description:
This is customer service role, so great interpersonal skills and customer focus is a must. You would be responsible for:

• Taking and processing orders from customers
• Solving customer issues
• Credit control (cooperation with Bookkeeper)
• Issuing invoices, credit notes
• Producing picking sheets
• Liaising with other departments regarding customer queries, stock availability, lead times
• General filing and administrative jobs
• Assisting the Finance director

Note: You have a big chance of getting the job if you quote word "Orange" during your interview - that means you read this advert properly!

Personal attributes:
We are ideally seeking somebody who is used to working for a customer driven business and who has knowledge/experience of SAGE 50. You must be able to multitask and should enjoy working in a fast paced environment.

In your covering letter, please state 5 of your strongest points that makes you a perfect candidate for this position.

The small print

• Please send your CV with covering letter, (once again, emails without a covering letter will not be taken into account) to Marta, our HR Administrator marta@whatonearth.co.uk

• We will respond only to applicants that fulfill the above criteria. No agencies and recruitment wonder makers please!

• We are an equal opportunities employer, but you must have the right to work in the UK.

So, what are you waiting for?! Send us an email NOW!  We look forward to hearing from you.


Peace. Love. Pizza.

What On Earth

When the cats are away the mice will... clean up?!*

What on earth is happening at the What on Earth and Simply Nectar offices? Clue: It’s not the usual scenario, that’s for sure.  (And it also hasn't got anything to do with cats and mice...see the disclaimer at the bottom for more details!)

As the directors enjoy a few days out of the office (rather convenient considering the weather is nice!), the rest of team has been left alone to carry on as usual. Only it seems that the usual is not what is actually occurring.

Predictably, while the big bosses are away, everyone in the office is taking it in turns to step away from their desk. But they’re not leaving to slack off in the sun with a pint and a packet of organic crisps. Oh no. They’re all doing their bit and are...cleaning up!

Believe it or not, they are reaching for the broom, the bin bags and even the toilet brush in a bid to get the office into shape.



Tidy up the paper behind you when you're done please



Take note - this does not happen often! We relish it while we can

The place now smells like a dream come true and the floor is clean enough to eat food off. Not that we would do that of course. Well, not all of us anyway!

Why is this odd behaviour happening? There appear to be a number of possible answers (in no particular order):

1. We have been positively affected by the sun and it has sent us all into an ecstatic stupor whereby all we want to do is clean
2. We have fallen into Friday’s mysterious black hole and physically cannot do any more work
3. The constant repeats of Ollie Murs, Rihanna and Katy Perry on the radio are too much for our ears to handle, so we are darting off to clean the nearest dirty toilet cubicle or making any other excuse to get away
4. We secretly like cleaning and only refrain from doing it when the directors are in because we quite like seeing Rolf getting stressed at the sight of full bins and unwashed mugs

(Take your pick at which ones you think are correct!)

Moral of the story – we do MORE work when we’re left unsupervised!  On the downside though, Daragh pulled a muscle when changing the bin bag.  He's not used to that much activity! Awwwww.  I'm sure all sympathy will be greatly appreciated...

Peace, love and pizza.

What on Earth....in a clean office.

* Disclaimer - there are no cats or mice in our offices!  These words were used simply as metaphors and the headline was used as a play on the normal saying "when the cat's away the mice will play"

High fives on day five of the vegetarian challenge

Get the violins out and pass the tissues please. The vegetarian challenge is sadly coming to an end...

I say sadly but I think most people in the office are drooling at the thought of munching on some meaty meals (ooh er!) It seems we may not have succeeded in turning all employees into true herbivores but at least we have put our all into National Vegetarian Week.

And you can’t blame us really. We’ve had some fantastic organic food to keep us going all week long. The first few days saw us munching on pure pizza perfection but we thought we better try to vary our diet and branch out to other things.  Despite this decision being to the distaste of some – mainly those who feel they could live on What on Earth’s organic pizza alone (and I’m sure they could) – we thought we would chuck some other ingredients into the mix.

We had pasta and curry with What on Earth’s chopped tomatoes, passata and coconut milk. Not together of course. We used them in separate dishes!

And yes, we also had more pizza.  Well, when they’re that delicious one can’t really say no!  What topping did we go for this time??



Pizza Mia - Mozzarella, roasted courgette and goats cheese



As per usual, we threw in some sweet treats as well. We have to keep this a happy office after all. Plus, everyone likes a sugar high on a Friday. Right?! Don't fret, we had our daily dose of fruit too. Berry bags a plenty and lots of Simply Nectar. We necked both the raspberry and citron pressé flavoured Simply Nectar within a matter of seconds. It was grey and dull outside but the sun was shining in the office I tell you!

Well, that brings our working week vegetarian challenge to a close.  I'm feeling very proud and am happy to end the week on such a good note.  High fives all round.  The one thing I’m not so pleased with at the end of the challenge, however, is the lack of milk in the office.  We’ve had to resort to powdered milk. 

Daragh...if you don’t stock up the fridge next week there will be trouble.  Also, if I find out that anybody consumes any meat or other non vegetarian products tonight there will be even bigger trouble.  And yes, those are threats...

Day three in the What on Earth vegetarian challenge

I’m pleased to report that the vegetarian challenge is going very well indeed. Not a crumb of anything non vegetarian has been consumed on the premises. I cannot say for sure if the other participants are abiding by the rules in their own free time (they had better be!) but while they are at work, they seem to be doing rather well. They may even deserve a slap on the back at the end of the week if they all keep it up!

Days two and three of the challenge have seen us consuming some more delicious organic What on Earth goodies – all of which have been meat free and suitable for herbivores of course. Some of the titbits that have been tickling our fancy include pizzas, cakes and even some granola. Here’s just a small taster of what we have been enjoying:



Pizza Florentine - spinach, blue cheese and toasted pine nuts



Banana, maple and walnut



Pizza Cipolla - mature cheddar, double gloucester, fresh leek and parsley

We’ve also been getting part of our five a day by nibbling on some of What on Earth’s fantastic Organic Frozen Berry Pouches.  Well, not the actual pouches - just the fruit inside them!  We’ve so far got through the pineapple, raspberries and blueberries.  There will definitely be more of those on the menu in the next few days!



Fruity!

What have we washed it all down with?  More Simply Nectar of course – that means more of our five a day total!  Lovely.  The flavours we’ve been enjoying recently are apple and apricot.  Mmmm.  A taste of the sunshine.

Fingers crossed the next few days go as successfully as the last ones.  Watch this space!

As always... peace, love & pizza to all.

What on Earth

Meat free madness hits What on Earth

It’s the start of National Vegetarian Week so we at What on Earth thought we would get into the herbivorous spirit and commit to a week of vegetarian fun. Not only will we be celebrating all our products that are suitable for vegetarians, the carnivores in the office will also take part in the meat free madness by not letting any non vegetarian foods pass their lips for the next seven days. We will be monitoring each other closely too so nobody will be able to escape the clutch of the vegetarians! If anybody tries it, there will be forfeits to do and prices to pay.

What on Earth offers all number of veggie options so the celebrations will easily last all week. In fact, we have so many vegetarian products that we will all be able to tuck into a full selection of What on Earth treats every day. No wonder the office is rejoicing at the prospect of ditching the meat. And I thought there were going to be forfeits aplenty.

Day one of the vegetarian challenge saw a fantastic start to the meat free fun. The menu consisted of our beautiful Baked Organic Lemon Cheesecake, washed down with mid morning teas and coffees.

 

A few hours later us greedy gannets followed the cheesecake up with a few slices of our fabulous Organic Basilico Pizza.



Here it is being freshly prepared in the kitchen



As well as these organic vegetarian delights, we will spend the week supping on our favourite drinks – a selection of Simply Nectar’s best fruit juices and nectars.  We just can’t get enough of the fruity deliciousness.  All the drinks are free of GMOs, preservatives and refined sugars.  Not only are they tasty, they’re good for you too.  Our flavour of the day is...

Pear!

Be sure to check back later in the week to see how we’re all getting on.

Peace. Love. Pizza.

The (vegetarian) What on Earth team

Chef Cam comes alive

After the exciting news about the launch of our brand new, limited edition Organic Primavera Lilley Pizza, we thought you may want to see some being made. Our chefs are in action in the kitchen right now and I just have been down there to take some sneaky pics of what is going on.  The guys in the office and I are all hoping some pizza may be cooked especially for us...it’s nearly time for elevenses after all!

Here are the pizzas in their various stages of manufacture and every single one we produce is carefully hand crafted by our fabulous chefs. We try not to disturb them while they’re working their magic though – the chefs mean business so messing with them is not recommended!

As you can see, our guys in the kitchen all muck in to help make our pizzas so darn tasty.

“And here are some I prepared earlier!” The finished pizzas ready to be packaged and sent to our customers. They're looking tasty already.

Oooh good, it looks like the kind kitchenistas (yes, that is a word!) are cooking us a pizza in time for elevenses.  Lucky us.  Into the oven it goes. 

Sadly, the chefs chucked me out of the kitchen before the pizza was cooked. I think I annoyed them by putting my camera in their face. Whoops! You’ll have to check back at a later date for an image of the Organic Primavera Lilley in all its cooked glory. Hopefully they’ll be some cooked pizza on my desk by 11am. I’m going to set my watch by it...

Peace. Love. Pizza.

What on Earth